Mi_an Japanese Nameth

My japanese name is Morita (forest field) Asuka (fragrance of the bright day).

>_<~Fweeeeee! My alter-ego finally has a proper name, one befitting to her status. And I get to create a whole new charater!
*thinks*

I know she'll be wearing boots! On a side note - I wonder how many handles I acutally have???

Les'see... There's :

Italics

Tirria

Tinka-Bell

TinkaBell_o

Blac_Kat

b . dot . designs

an' I think that tis all. Excepting the ones that my friends and fam. call me! Hmpf. That's a rather long list. And it just gets longer. Yeeesh! How many names/handles/idnetity tags does a person need anyways???

Obviously - one more as I am now also Asuka!

TTFN, A. :3.

Fishin'

Heya to all you salt water, sea water, fresh water, fish water lovin' peoples! :D

Inn't just lovely to sit on the dock - to feel the fresh tangy breeze waft by your face - ruffling your carefully styled hair? No - don't screw up your nose! I know that the briny bite of boots, bait and bass isn't particularlly nice, but the people you met enjoying the sights, sounds, and smells of Bassken Lake are! ^_^!

Yep - I made new friends online, and that's always nice! <3

Random topic, ne? But I must confess I'm on a ships, sailing, and salt water kick - I've always loved cars and ships. Not boats mind you - ships - those wonderful, flying ... *goes speechless*
I have a love affair with anything fast - *ffweee* it's pure delight!

*hums*
Dan -dunnna- and really bad eggs...
Drink up me hearties - yo ho!!!

:3, T.

P.s. - did you know I've done 121 - this being the one hunderdth and twenty second post - on this weblog? Who'dve thunk it would have lasted this long????

Here we are again

Here we are again, at the point of making, at the point of breaking - we've come so far, with no room left behind - just letting you know, it's weighing on my mind...

Did you know that POC (sorry - quick abberivation my sisters and I have given to "The Pirates of the Carrabian") Dead Man's Chest has one of the worst endings (as in suspention) in a movie I've seen in some time? Even LoTR (Lord of The Rings) wasn't as bad! = X It's enough to drive you balmy!

Can't wait... *rocks back and forwards* Just can't wait...

Of course, I have too, but it's darn well difficult.


TTFN, T. :3

P.s. - Don't ask me what the first two lines mean - 'coz I don't know. They just randomly fell out of my fingers. Yes, this does mean my brain had no say in what was being typed/written.

*thinks*

This seems to happen a lot to me...

*shrugs* ............ owell.

bangs head

I was talking to a friend of mine at uni today, and she was telling me how she feels sick when she gets stressed out about assignments - just like I do. Thankfully, I don't get the whole headache/not being able to sleep thing, but doesn't it feel so gross when you've got stuff due?

Heaven help me if I ever get to be a professional journalist - I think I'd end up with stomach ulsers... -.-'.... They have deadlines every freakin' week. Gag me!

The weekend was good - I was TIRED, but everything went ok.. I just have to get through the week until Friday, after I hand in this stupid assignment and I'll be right. Mind you, in the mid-semster break I have three major assessment pieces to work on - a 40%, a 30%, and a 20%. XP!

The one thing I do have to do is finish a play I'm writing - it's called "Ruth" and it's based on the ancient story of a woman named Ruth from the Old Testament. I've got all the ideas down - and I've written the first scene of ACT I, some I'm one/sixth of the way there.

Eh, besides that, there's not much else to report. All's well, and life goes on.

In the mean time, have a good one peoples!

^_^, T.

Uni Work

Note * I have this stuff in my blog simply to be able to save the research I was conducting for my Research Report ( 30% - X P''' Yuck... )..... And yeah.


"Signaling in the new millenium"
Privatisation and other issues

Annual General Meeting and Technical Meeting
Melbourne 17, 18 and 19 March 2000

The Institution of Railway Signal Engineers


* On the 29th of August, 1999 the Victorian Public transport system was privatised.

- Bayside Trains, Swanston Trams and V/Line Pass were franchised to National Express.
- Hillside Trains were franchised to Melbourne Transport Limited.
- Yarra Trams were franchised to Metro Link.

*****

Privatisation Picture

*****

Isn't it all fun?? Ahhhh! *runs away screaming* It's so difficult to come up with the right stuff- in the National Library - 1. You can't loan anything out
2. Everything come up from the 'stacks' - the underground
holding systems. And that can take up to 45 minutes!

So of course - it takes FOREVER to get anything remotely relevant to your research/assignment topic. What's worse, this report is entirely National Library based. X P! Gag me! *sigh* This is my second day here, and I still haven't found what I need. Once I've gotten all I can from the book resources - like the dates of the privatisation of the various sectors of Australia's Railroad systems (feee! Trains! >_ so cool!) I'll be heading down the the newspaper reading rooms - only to get nausious, mind you, from those blasted micofilm readers. ..... ............ ......O.o'...... .......... .... *feels dizzy* I hated them last time. Still do mind you.

But asides from that things are ok. I have a long list of stuff to do tomorrow -

* 1. Write a 5 min presentation of Media Audiences
* 2. Wash BoB
* 3. Go to the National Library - AGAIN!!! @.@'
* 4. Go to work

*sigh* Easy as. Not a problem... Sure thing!

Gah... And I really have to do more work on my C. and M.R. unit.

* 5. Read C. and M.R. stuff - esp. that Lecture commentary. And the other two too.


Lots of work. I think I'll have to get up early - like at 9:00 am! *gasp- shock-- horror!*

O - and no. five

* 5. Get to Koorong! (and convince Mum to drive me... *looks sneaky* -_- ....)

There! That really is everything I have to do tomorrow!

*falls off her chair*


*muffled grunts come from below the National Library computer*

ffflodbiieee...

*lifts head* >.>'

I mean Goodbye!

Change of Plans!

Ya'll know how I was all gun-ho for the 'Patches' thing right? Weeeelll, I've changed my mind. Again.

This time I'm a-going with b . dot . designs for the name to cover all my art work. And the handle - meh. It'll stay the same. I really can't think of anything else - and besides everywhere on the internet, I'm signed in as some variation of TinkaBell. So I guess I'm stuck being Tinka for the mean while!!

Ooo - guess wot? I found out a new tool that I absolutely have to try out - I'm onto the airbrushing now!! And ; I'm doing some prints to put on shirts for my sisters - I might put the piccies of the shirts up on my blog - and of course, on DeviantART and anyone who wants one can put in an order!!!

Uni's ok, life's ok, and so the world spins around.

Saynara,

Tinka. ^-^!

*Editing Handle

*Edit - maybe I should be "Patched" rather than "Patches"...

Thoughts, 'nyone?

XD! P.

Maybe

I think I might have found a new handle - I'm not sure whether or not it works. It's supposed to be the watermark for ALL of my artwork, and internet persuadems (sp?) - I'm just not sure if it's right.

'Neways - *takes a deep breath* It's Patches.

Comments, critisims, or complaints anyone? Whadda ya'll think? Does anyone have anything better? I am still totally undecided about it, but I can't think of anything else, so...

Gah. Havta get on with a crazy tutorial prep. sheet I gotta go through. Man, it's gonna take EEEE- ffort (gag me!), and I've only got a little while to do it in. >= P'''

Adios,
Caio,
Adeu,
Aloha,
Auffvedersien (no idea 'bout the sp!!!),
Sayonara -

Well, you get the picture!

Patches (?) ^_^!

Spending.

I have recently learnt that I HATE my Communication and Media Research unit - it's sssooo boring and completely incomprihensable.

I've also learnt that fonts with tags like this one are 'Seriff' fonts and ones without like Ariel are 'San-Seriff'.

Oyeah - forgot really important info. I gotsy mi ver' own tomputer!!! *squee* ; )!!! It's a P4, w/ 512 mb of RAM and 1.8 GB hard drive. Not the best out there, but for the price I gots it for, well worth it. *does a dance* Yay!!!!

I've started back at gymnastics, and that's been really fun - yeah, it's really fun to fall on your head/a$$, but 'tis all good. O.O

Uni's ok - 'cept for sucky units - however, I will survive.

Hmmm. wot else to write about....


*rambles on under her breath* ....................... >.>'................ *bangs head* Nope. Can't think of a single thing....


O - Green tea is really good for you! It increases your metabolism, and boots your immune system fifteen-fold. As I have been getting sick (sowwy Bethen-squiee for contagiousing you...), I have been drinking so much I'm suprised I don't turn into a soggy tea leaf! *shudders* ewwww....

Keh. Anyways, gotta go - got things to do and peeps to see -

Adios amigoes,

still-need-a-handle-'coz-i-don't-have-one-yet.

Manic Monday

*sings to the tune of "Manic Monday"* It's just another day at Uni, whoa-whooh, wish it was o-ver, whoa-whooh, 'coz it's so annoying, whoa-whooh, and I don't like it....

Lol. Getting up was ssooo hard this morning, and I've got lots of work to do this week... Gag me!

But my weekend was ok - work, friends, and Wooo!!! Final Fantasy VII, Advent Children! Just had my first ever expirience of Final Fantasty, and I have decided me likes. Sorry to be the uber nerd and all, but I really do like anime and animated movies, comics and other graphic art related stuff quite a good deal more than most other 'real' sort of stuff. Heh-heh, -.-', I was thinking last night that there is so many sides of me that don't really seem to fit - I'm really neither one 'gerne' of person as a whole.

Like, I'm a computer nerd (ie, I like graphic art, some computer games, anime, animated movies, and the Internet is my playground *goes surfing* )

But that's not the total of my personality. I'm also the cheerleader (O- gag me, but sadly I do have some tendancies... ie, I'm bubbly, bouncy, I LOVEEEE shopping, chick flicks, I do gymnastics and horseriding, which are such girly sports, and I really like wearing shirts, highheels, make-up and pink *Squeee!* nailpolish.)

I'm a punk (ie, I like rock/hardcore music, black and purple are my favourite colors, I'm quite the loner at times, and I'm constantly writing/drawing emo stuff... )

SSOOOO, anyways, the conudrum of my "Patched Personality" is keeping me occupied at the mo., I highly doubt anyone else finds it interesting, so I'll change the subject right about now-

Final Fantasty - yep, I know... *stars in her eyes* Vincent is my favourite! The untoucable man and mystery... *glomps Vincy, and steals him away* He's mine I tell you - MINE!!! *laughs manically* Mwahahaaahaaahahhhaaaahaaaaa!!!! ^-^!

But that's me - how are you???

;) , Hope life's good, and I'll sign in later,

Person-who-still-doesn't-have-a-new-handle-'coz-she-can't-think-of-one-that's-cool-but-not-too-OTT...

P.s - Has anyone thought of a new handle? if you have an idea - ANY idea - leave a comment PLEASE! Thankies, t.

Puzzles & epistomology

Hellooooo one and all!!!

Firstly - check out my art if ya wanna read the second chapter of The Illusionist - Critiques and comments are MOST welcome! (Please bear in mind this story is for Young Adults - 13 to 18-ish(?), but anyone who enjoys a good story should check it out anyway - just in case they like it! ~_^)

Second - Uni's gonna be HARD this semester... *pouts* Stupid uni... I forsee a lot of work and stress. Great. Just what I need. owell, it's life I guess.

Hmm... what else?

Nothing much, actually. A random musing - epistomology : The study of belief and tying it into knowledge. (I think!)

It's a usuful thing - after all, when does belief become knowledge - ie, facts, a measurable concept... Or does it all stay as a Construct - an idea/theory/hypothesis in your head??

*ponders above question*

That's actually really hard, if not impossable to answer.

Do you need tangible proof, available to more than one person, for something to become a fact, ie - knowledge? Or is it less definable than that???

*so she puzzled and puzzled, 'til her puzzler was sore...* (rough quote from The Grinch)

- :)'s from: I-don't-have-a-pen-name-anymore-I've-ditched-TinkaBell-does-anyone-have-any-good-ideas-'coz-I-don't....

Meh

Nothing much to say - Uni's back again, and that's all good.

Worked this weekend. Um - that's about it! Hung out w/ the Hobbits for a bit. Too bad though, our group's getting to big to be classified as 'The Hobbits' any more...

Stuff is stuff, and life goes on.

Check u l8r,

T. ^_^!

It's just another day... For whom?

It's a day like any other day.
Except for one thing.

Uni starts back tomorrow!
*dun-dunna-dun-dunna-DUN-DUNNN*

Meh. I'm over it. I've decided to post the first chapter of a novel *Edit - I've changed it to a teaser - apparently publishers get kinda finiky about putting up your stories on the interent before publishing. And as we definately want to publish the Illusionist, it's better to be safe rather than sorry!* I'm co-authering with my sister. The novel is called "The Illusionist" for now, and we're hoping to publish when we finish it. But for now, here's chapter one. WARNING! It's pretty big!

THE ILLUSIONIST

Chapter One
Break-ins, blood, and bounty hunters

The year is far into the future. Earth has long been destroyed by a ravaged ecosystem - now humanity has found footholds all over the universe, but the majority call Mars home.

Planet : OceaN°arria
Class : Water planet
Galaxy : Rëka, sector Tn
Life forms : Mostly Humans and Illasas


Cľis'q ignored the jangled sounds of the city as he concentrated on the security panel, smiling as he pulled the glass away from the glowing keypad. "You sure you got rid of the main floor alarm?" His partner, Wilk, scowled. "It may be a museum, but I've got worse security in my house. Trust me, it's gone - for this sector anyway."

Cľis'q slipped a micro scrambler onto the pad. The nanobots entered the system, transmitting control to Cľis'q's wrist band. With the touch of a finger, Cľis'q commanded the thick glass in front of the robbers to slide back. Nodding to Wilk, he gave the signal for him to active their heat sensing contact lenses, and scanned the room for any signs of life. Satisfied they where alone, Cľis'q's grin grew as he caught sight of dozens of priceless artifacts, gleaming in their glass cages - just whispering a silent challenge to the thieves. "Com'mon. Let's get to work."

If the pair had once looked up, the sight of a dark figure, its white blonde hair rippling in the soft night breeze – watching them, studying their moves through a skylight would have been more then enough to alarm them. As it were, neither took their eyes off their prizes, and the figure stole away, unnoticed, to another skylight on a different section of the roof. Amateurs. They're in the planet's largest museum and they waste their time on those? A smirk curled over her lips as Tori slipped through the hole she had neatly made in the skylight.

Landing gently on a solid oak rafter that ran through the infrastructure, she ran directly under the glass frame, silhouetted briefly against a clear, starless, purple night sky. Crouching panther-like, she slid down the length of the beam, flickering in and out of the deep shadows. Pausing at the end, she leapt down onto the floor, running through the lasers with her knees lifted high.

To any observer it would look like she was sprinting through a yard of tyres - but she knew one mis-step, and the alarm system would go off. Glancing at the floor in the next room, she eyed her target. The lasers were invisible to the naked eye, but to Tori they were dark green beams, flickering across the marbled floor. The doorway she needed to get through was three feet deep, and criss-crossed with more trip lasers. Guess they're trying to keep someone out. There's the hard way... Tori briefly considered the amount of flips and handsprings - not to mention layouts that it would take to get through the maze. Or not. Not enough time.

One bounce, and Tori coiled up like a spring and leapt headfirst through the tangle of invisible lights. Catapulting forward, she landed, rolled up into a handstand and stopped just before the next trap. Gracefully splitting onto her feet, she glanced back through the doorway, a self-satisfied smile curling at the corner of her mouth. That, gentleman, is a real entry.

The two burglars continued on with their petty workings, completely unaware that next door another thief was on her way to get the most prized item in the museum - a mask from the century 3098 B.M. (Before Mars) made completely out of diamonds, titled 'Masque de glace', or 'Mask of Ice.' Tori's hawk eyed gaze slid over the room, noting every tiny detail. There were seven glass cases in the room, the largest one that held the mask was standing directly in the center. The other six cases stood around it, each randomly placed.

As luck would have it, one was just a few feet away from the visitors chairs on the left wall. She lifted her green eyed stare to the ceiling. The long rafters started out from six separate points in the room, then gracefully arced to meet each other in the middle. Although they could not take her to her prize - they, combined with the glass cases, would get her where she wanted to be. There was always a way. Arms raised high, Tori stretched onto her tip-toes, then whipped through the air - a tiny ball of speed, unfurling to land on the targeted chair with ease.

Pausing for the barest of seconds, she reached forward, and delicately placed her hands on a glass case, as she perched dangerously above a laser. Effortlessly she kicked up into a handstand, balancing on the glass case that protected a monumental diamond. Her black clothed legs stretched upwards, then grasped hold of the wooden beam that ran above her, locking as she held all of her weight, she lifted up her hands. Reaching backwards, she clung onto beam, unhooked her legs, and swung forward so she dangled from the beam above a laser-ridden floor.

Swinging smoothly, hand by hand, she moved up the beam until she was over the next case. Dropping down, she landed on the glass silently. One second later, and she had flipped over onto her primary target. Just a few more seconds. If those bumbling idiots can control themselves - and not do anything stupid for that long... Just as the thought flashed through her mind, a low wail of an alarm pierced the silence, rising in volume as bright spotlights around the room began to flash red.

Gritting her teeth in anger, Tori leapt off the case and onto the ground, her left fist coming around to slam into the glass, shattering it completely. Ignoring the blood dripping onto the pink crystal floor from the cuts in her hand, she yanked out the mask, and slipped it into a concealed pocket in her black, sleeveless leather vest.

Over the blaring sound of the alarm, she picked up the wailing sirens of the police. Time to leave. She ran out of the room, almost colliding with two figures that where frozen outside the door, blinded with panic. The two thieves stared at her in shock as she threw them out of her way and continued her run, heading towards a large glass cabinet, just underneath a window.

Vaulting onto the cabinet, she catapulted through the window of the building, landing lightly on the glass coated stones. The instant she landed, she was off again, heading towards the shadows of a large tree. Six law enforcers, drawn to the sound of the breaking window like moths to a light, ran around the corner just in time to see a figure dressed in black come speeding towards them on a black and red V-rider.

Similar to the old fashioned motorcycles, the V-rider was a relatively new machine that took skill to master. Tori knew it could hit speeds of four hundred kilometers per hour, and over - that's what she was counting on. That and the fact that her new bike was more than one hundred kilometers faster then any hover unit, and that it relied on a new technology that used velocity force - making it not only a very expensive piece of equipment, but a very dangerous one as well. Everything she could want in a machine.

Speeding up, Tori accelerated into a corner, turning so sharply that an inch to the wrong side would have sent her flying. Although she could hear the sounds of a pursuit behind, she knew it wouldn't be a problem. It never was.

_*_*_*_*_*_


For anyone who's interested in the rest of the Illusionist's tale, or wants to critique/comment on the story, just leave a comment and I'll get back to you! ^_^ !

Signing out for now - B.

P.S - "The Illusionist" and all related names, characters, and ideas are - © A. & B. Fraser, 2006. So don't take 'em without permission! Thankyou.

squeee!

Shopping! I luff shopping! There was a sale on todayyyy *sings loudly* but enough about clothes.

I'm actually starting to look forward to the beginning of the semester. One can really only have so much of holidays... *GAH* What am I saying??? I must've been outta my mind when I wrote that. Anyways, one more week, and it's back to work. Then it'll be the end of second semester, then Christmas... Then hello 2007... ^^' Life can be so scary sometimes.
As long as you have Jesus, friends and family by your side - it'll be all good though!

Man, oh man, there's 'most nothing better than shopping to raise your spirits though! >_< !

> T out! ^_^

Home again....

Home agian, home again, jiggity-jig!

Still gotta cold - I think I'm gonna get worse... XP. At least I've got one more week of holidays before I go back to uni.

BoB got to Jindabyne and back again safely, which is totally cool.

I found out I can sculpt as well! I'll be putting up some pictures on Deviant ART under the account of Tinka-Bell.

Can't think of anything else to report -

Adios.

T.

I'm a temporary snowman!

I'm a temporary snowman as I most willingly exist in Jindabyne for the past week - until tomorrow. Just call me Jacki Frost! ^_^!

I have suddenly had a huge flash of remorse for not updating this blog in like the last five billion years! I don't have any reasons - no excuses whatsoever, but I have been pretty busy. Boy, was last semester ever so stressful! But I got through - which is great, so it's onto new things now. I passed all my subjects, so that's good.

I and all my sisters also got baptised together last Sunday. As baptisim is a declartion of our belief in Christ to save us, it was awesome to stand up together and say - yes! We believe!

BoB's been going well to - so life is pretty nice right now.

So I'll check ya all later!

T. ^^!

*sigh* More trials in the saga of BoB, he's STILL not on the road... -.-'

And life goes on. Exams. Crazy stuff. Not keeping up with this blog at all. so yeah.

Bye. Boni.

Boo_yeh!

w00t! I've only a three minute presentation and two exams to go and this semester's over!!!!!!! yay!

I did my last major peice of assessment yesterday. It actually worked out ok after all my stressing. I set my alarm for Monday morning - I got up at 5:30 am, got to the uni computer lab at 6:45am, sat my butt down and didn't move for the next nine hours until 3:00pm that afternoon. Hey, drastic mesures - I know, but I wrote the 2,000 word report I needed and it's over! ^-^!

So I am happily looking forward to a week at the snow in the holidays, and the end of the most stressful semester I have ever had. I predicted at the beginning that it would take a lot of work - I just didn't realize that it also include a TON of stress. *shruggs* But it's over now, thank goodness.

My family and I are heading up to Sydney this weekend for my cousin's 21st birthday party - it'll be awesome. Plus, we'll be going to the markets as well - Shopping - here I come!

BoB isn't on the road yet - I still have to pick up a headlight for him so I can get him registered, then I will FINALLY be able to drive him! And then I'll be able to go back to gymnastics, and all sort of awesome stuff that will come with having more money from less petrol consumption. Swweeettt.

'neways, check ya'll l8r,

B.

It's incredible - I can't believe how long it's been since I've been on my blog!

Anyway, updates in the crazy (yeah - 'coz I'm just that psyco...) life of me!

Um. The new stuff - stress!!!!!!! The old stuff? STRESSS!!!!!!! I've been sooo stressed out with Uni lately - it's really run me to the ground. I haven't been doing much except - you guessed it - stressing!
... ... well, not really. I've been doing lots of work and assignments. And I have an in class exam today (T_T Yikes!), one more report (2,000 words) a small 3 minute peresentation - three weeks "off" and two exams to finish the first semester of 2006! Hopefully, the second semester will be better. It can only get better... Right? >.>

BoB is almost back in action - I'm getting him inspected this weekend to fix up my rego, and then I'll be back on the road again! ^-^! I'm planning to go to Jindibyne this Uni hols for a week - yay! Snow! - which will be good. And I think that's all that's up.. O - have a party this Sat. - I'll be wearing my new L.B.D. (for those who are unfamiliar with the term it's - Little Black Dress) and the party is gonna rock! = D!

Me bestie's down for a few days, so that awesome too.


And funny how it takes a while, but even in the bad times, I can really see the Lord giving me a hand. Too bad I'm too stupid to take it sometimes! lol. It's when you're all alone that you find out that maybe He is not so far away after all - if only you'd stop to see that.

But anyway, gotta go - gotta do my exam (AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!)

Chow! B.

work

Mid-semster break. Sounds like a holiday, huh??

Ste-rike ONE!

Have I been relaxing???

Ste-rike TWO!!!!

Has it been a time to rest and catch up on lost sleep?????

Ste-rike THREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The one thing about Mid-semester break is that it isn't a break at all (as all you Uni students out there would know, and cry out with me about!! ), but a cruel ruse to get our hopes up for sleep-ins and late nights, (yes, more sleep-in than 9:00 am, and more late nights than 12:00 pm, but still...) and parties. Then we check our unit outlines and realize that a TON of really important assignments are due the first week back from this so-call "break", (known as the dreaded WEEK TEN) or the week directly after. So as you can guess, I'm at work, or at home doing tons of uni stuff... Not exactly my idea of a break. Though I don't have to drive for 3/4s of an hour to get to uni, so maybe...

No! It is other ploy by "the man" to keep us "disaffected youth" in the gutter. I won't stand for it! Stupid elitetist ideology! (lol. As you can proably tell, Uni is rubbing off on me!)

Meh. -.-. I am sudden really over it... *shrugs* Owell. Is life good out there in the real world? I hope it is, for while my insane little bolt-hole of a universe is getting dropped on it's head once in a while, I usually manage to keep it floating right side up. Usually.

Gonna take a road trip next week to Bateman's to pick up BoB - I'll be so glad to get him back. Petrol consumption will go down, and with it, the money I spend on it! (thankgoodness)

'Neways, Saynara (I know that is spelt wrong... Meh. You know what I mean...),

B. ^-^!